The performance of the γ-ray tracking array GRETINA for γ-ray spectroscopy with fast beams of rare isotopes

Weisshaar, D.; Bazin, D.; Bender, P. C.; Campbell, C. M.; Recchia, F.; Bader, V.; Baugher, T.; Belarge, J.; Carpenter, M. P.; Crawford, H. L.; Cromaz, M.; Elman, B.; Fallon, P.; Forney, A.; Gade, A.; Harker, J.; Kobayashi, N.; Langer, C.; Lauritsen, T.; Lee, I. Y.; Lemasson, A.; Longfellow, B.; Lunderberg, E.; Macchiavelli, A. O.; Miki, K.; Momiyama, S.; Noji, S.; Radford, D. C.; Scott, M.; Sethi, J.; Stroberg, S. R.; Sullivan, C.; Titus, R.; Wiens, A.; Williams, S.; Wimmer, K.; Zhu, S.

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2016.12.001

Title: The performance of the γ-ray tracking array GRETINA for γ-ray spectroscopy with fast beams of rare isotopes

Journal Article · 02 December 2016 · Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2016.12.001 · OSTI ID:1372693

Weisshaar, D. ^[1]; Bazin, D. ^[1]; Bender, P. C. ^[1]; Campbell, C. M. ^[2]; Recchia, F. ^[1]; Bader, V. ^[1]; Baugher, T. ^[1]; Belarge, J. ^[1]; Carpenter, M. P. ^[3]; Crawford, H. L. ^[2]; Cromaz, M. ^[2]; Elman, B. ^[1]; Fallon, P. ^[2]; Forney, A. ^[4]; Gade, A. ^[1]; Harker, J. ^[4]; Kobayashi, N. ^[1]; Langer, C. ^[1]; Lauritsen, T. ^[3]; Lee, I. Y. ^[2] more »

Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States)
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD (United States)
The Univ. of Tokyo, Tokyo (Japan)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States); TRIUMF, Vancouver, BC (Canada)
Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States); Diamond Light Source, Oxfordshire (United Kingdom)
Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States); The Univ. of Tokyo, Tokyo (Japan)

The gamma-ray tracking array GRETINA was coupled to the S800 magnetic spectrometer for spectroscopy with fast beams of rare isotopes at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory on the campus of Michigan State University. We describe the technical details of this powerful setup and report on GRETINA's performance achieved with source and in-beam measurements. The gamma-ray multiplicity encountered in experiments with fast beams is usually low, allowing for a simplified and efficient treatment of the data in the gamma-ray analysis in terms of Doppler reconstruction and spectral quality. Finally, the results reported in this work were obtained from GRETINA consisting of 8 detector modules hosting four high-purity germanium crystals each. Currently, GRETINA consists of 10 detector modules.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP) (SC-26)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1372693

Journal Information:: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Journal Name: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment Journal Issue: C Vol. 847; ISSN 0168-9002

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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